Glazing clip



April 16 1929- G. l. BARCLAY 1,709,300

GLAZING CLIP Filed MaIGh 21, 1927 @ummm ammuf:

Patented Apr. 16, 1929.

narran STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

GSTF SVAR BARCLLY,

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ASSAIGNOR TO DETROIT STEEL PROD- UCTS COIVIPTY, 0l? EETROT, MCltGl-, A GOREORATON OF MICHGAN.

GLAZING CLIP.

Application filed March 21, 1927. Serial No. 177,144.

' i sash. A. further object is to so form the clin "hat and another like clip may be 'f 'l to oppesite sides of a sash bar by a i infr moans common to both. Vith these i. other objects in view, the invention i the novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as more fully hereinafter set forth.

ln the drawings Figure l perspective view of a portion ol a window embodying my invention;

Figures 2 and 3 respectively a plan view and a side elevation of a portion of l? ire l; e y

l igure fl is a sectional elevation showing one clip in o lierative position and another :ive position.

fn the glazing clip embodying in as applied to metal sash l the bar 2 e tending' between the upbar 3 d lower bar intermediate the s these bars. The bar 2, as shown, is naped, while the upper bar 3 and the er bar, as well as the side bars of the sash, are angle shaped, all of these `bars Y. havinv Olass su ortinof flanges 4l extendinff Y L@ o e c, in

in substantially the sameu plane and transverse flanges 5. 6 and 7 are glass panes inserted into 'the sash and preferably resting upon putty beds S which in turn are upon the supporting flanges el.

For securing the glass panes in place, I provide a number' of glazing clips which are secured to the flanges 5 of' the sash bars. These glazing clips are alike and but one for each glass pane is shown. This clip is preferably termed oit' sheet meta preferably having non-corrosive and resilient properties, such as spring bronze. The clip has the body portion 9 and the transverse flange portion l0. The body portion is adapted to extend substantially parallel to a bar flange 5 and is pivotally connected at one end to this bar flange. The transverse flange poi'- tion is formed near the free end of the body portion and is laterally offset and preferably curved in a direction parallel to the body portion so 'that with the clip in operative position this transverse flange portion will take care of variations in thickness of either the glass pane or the putty bed or both to properly engage the glass pane, at which time 'the edge of the body portion opposite the transverse flange portion will extend betivn the edge of the glass pane and the adjacent bar flange and serve to act as a spacer. The transverse flange portion in addition to holding the glass pane in place serves as a natural support for the linger or thumb of the party doing the glazing, thereby facilitating this work and reducing the cost.

To provide for inserting the glass panes without the necessity of detaching the glazing clips from the sash bars and to also provide for frictionally holding the glazing clips in operative position and against the glass panes, the body portion 9 of each glazing clip made to normally bow with its convex face on the side of the transverse flange portion l0. Furthermore, the amount of bow and location of the pivot for the glazing' clip are such that when the glazing clip is in inoperative position or swung from aposition engaging the glass pane through an ang e of approximately ninety degrees, the free end of the body portion and the transverse flange portion extend over the bar flange to which the glazing clip is secured, as shown particularly in Figure 4, at which time the outer edge of the transverse flange portion is substantially flush with the face of the bar flange to which the clip is secured. It will thus be seen that with the glazing clip swung to inoperative position the glass pane may be readily inserted into the sash. Furthermore, with this arrangement it will be seen that when the glazing clip is swung to operative position as by pressing upon its` ransverse flange portion its body portion will be compelled to straighten and it Will frictionally grip the adjacent face of the bar flange to thereby hold the glazing clip in operative position.

lVith this construction of glazing clip it is possible to pivotally connect a pair of glazing clips for different glass panes by means of a single securing means ll, such as said glass to said bar, including a resilient engaging said glass said n.1

Vbearing upon and gripping` said bar in clip havingY a portion frictionally bearing upon said bar and another portion Ater en. gaging saidv glass, Y

2. In a Window, the combination with sash bar and a glass7 of means for securi Y said glass to said bary including a clip fer 'p having :i resilientl normally bowed portion friet-ier operative position of the clip.

k3. In a Window, the combination with a sash bar and a glassi of means for securine` said glass to said bar, including a clip haiing a resilient normally bowed portion for frictionally bearing upon and gripping said barand a transversely extending portion for engaging said glass.

4. In a Window., the combination With a sash having a sash bar and a glass, of means forV securing said glass to said sash, including a clip pivotally cennected to said bar and having `a resilient normally bowed portion and a transverse portion near the free end of the normally bowed portion arranged to respectively frictionally grip said bar and engage said glass in the operative position of the clip and to extend over said bar in the inoperative position of said clip to provide for inserting the glass into said sash.

5. In a Window, the combination With a sash having a sash bar and glass panes upon opposite sides of said bar, of means for se curing said glass panes to said sash, including clips upon opposite sides of said bar, a common pivot extending through said sash bar and clips for pivotally connecting the latter to said bar, each of said clips having body portions extending longitudinally of said bar in opposite directions from the pivot aforesaid terminating at the outer ends thereof in transverse portions engageable with the glass panes to held the same upon the said bar.

t3. In a Window, the combination with a sash having` a sash bar and glass panes upon opposite sides of said bar, of clips for securingsaid glass panes to said sash, said clips being arranged upon opposite sides of said bar in frictional engagement therewith and having the inner ends thereof pivotally seein-et said bar by means of a common pivot and having the outer ends thereof eX- t Liding in opposite directions from the said pivot and engageable with the glass panes.

7. In a Window, the combination with a sash bar and a glass, of means for securing said glass to said bar including a clip having a portion normally frictionally engaging the said bar and connected thereto, and a laterally offset portion curved in a direction substantially parallel to said bar for ven gaging said glass and compensating for variations in the thickness of said glass or the thickness of the putty for the said glass or the combination of both.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

GUS'IAF IVAR BARCLAY. 

